California Air Resources Board

Summary

Would have authorized a State agency to enter into forward contracts to purchase low-carbon cement or concrete products up to 10 years in advance to facilitate the commercialization of these products. Held on suspense in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

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Summary

Would have dedicated all revenue from the sale of any greenhouse gas allowances allocated to a natural gas investor-owned utility (IOU) directly to the IOU’s residential customers. Specifically, this bill would have required the California Public Utilities Commission annually to direct each natural gas IOU to distribute the California Climate Credit to residential customers of the gas IOU. Held on suspense in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

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Summary

Would have prohibited the sale of a gas stove manufactured on or after January 1, 2025, unless the gas stove bears an adhesive product warning label related to pollutants released by gas stoves. The provisions requiring the warning label to include a QR Code to a specific CARB website had been removed.

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Governor’s Veto Message

To the Members of the California State Assembly:

I am returning Assembly Bill 2513 without my signature.

This bill would prohibit a person from selling or offering for sale a gas stove that is manufactured or sold online on or after January 1, 2025, or sold in a store on or after January 1, 2026, unless that gas stove contains a specified warning label.

While I appreciate the author's intent to provide consumers with information about the products they purchase, I am concerned that this bill codifies highly prescriptive labeling content that could only be changed by a future statutory amendment. This static approach falls short in enabling timely updates to the labeling content that should align with the latest scientific knowledge so that consumers are accurately informed about their purchases.

For these reasons, I cannot sign this bill.

Sincerely,

Gavin Newsom

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Summary

Would have required the California Energy Commission, on or before June 1, 2024, to adopt a strategy, with milestones, to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases for the building sector consistent with the targets and strategies identified in the most recent scoping plan. CARB would have been in a consulting role. Held on suspense in the Senate Appropriations Committee.

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Extends the rural jurisdiction exemption until 2037 for organic waste collection under California’s Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery regulations pursuant to SB 1383’s (Lara, Chapter 395, Statutes of 2016) Short-lived Climate Pollutant Strategy and changes how population is calculated for organic waste procurement targets, among several other provisions that reduce the stringency of organic waste regulations.

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This bill would have suspended the Low Carbon Fuel Standard regulation for one year and exempted suppliers of transportation fuels from the Cap-and-Trade program for one year. The bill would have also suspended motor vehicle fuel taxes and required the State Controller to transfer an amount equal to State motor vehicle fuel tax revenue from the General Fund to the Motor Vehicle Fuel Account. Finally, the bill would have required the State Controller to transfer an amount equal to the sale of allowances to the suppliers of transportation fuels under the Cap-and-Trade program in the 2021-2022 fiscal year to the General Fund. Remains in the Senate Rules Committee.

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Would have required the owner of an aircraft based in the State to register the aircraft with the Department of Motor Vehicles, as specified. Would have created the Aircraft Registration Account and requires the Department of Motor Vehicles (Department) to determine an appropriate registration fee to be deposited in the account. Would have required the fee to be used for the Department's cost of administration, as well as to combat the detrimental environmental impacts of aircraft emissions, including particulate matter emissions. Was not heard in the Senate Transportation Committee at the request of the author.

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Would have required California Environmental Protection Agency to conduct a study on the costs of climate change to the State and requires responsible parties with greenhouse gas emissions greater than 1 billion metric tons globally from 2000 to 2020 to pay a cost recovery demand proportionate to their share of emissions compared to total anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions. Would have authorized responsible parties to pay the cost recovery demand in 20 annual installments, with the first installment equaling 10% of the cost recovery demand. Would have created the Polluters Pay Climate Fund and continuously appropriated the funding generated by the cost recovery demands to the Fund for projects that avoid, mitigate, repair, or adapt to negative climate change impacts, with a minimum of 40% of funded projects benefitting environmental justice populations. Moved to the Inactive File.

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Would have created the Gravity-Based Energy Storage Well Pilot Program and authorized the Supervisor of the California Geologic Energy Management Division (CalGEM) to authorize the conversion of 1,000 wells for use as gravity-based energy storage wells, as defined. Would have required the California Environmental Protection Agency, in consultation with entities operating these wells, CalGEM, CARB, and other specified entities, to evaluate the pilot program and make recommendations to the Legislature for a framework to implement a permanent program, as specified. Would have required a well operator to notify CalGEM, CARB, the appropriate regional water quality board, and any schools or community members within 3,200 feet of the well in the event of a loss of mechanical integrity or a fluid leak and required CalGEM to consult with CARB and the State Water Resources Control board on criteria for fluid leak monitoring and reporting. Held on suspense in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

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Prohibits the sale of leaded aviation gasoline beginning January 1, 2031, in compliance with Section 47107 of Title 49 of United States Code.

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